Understand the step-by-step process to get Australia PR in 2023: Visas and Migration can seem complicated and overwhelming sometimes. But this is why we are here! This blog post will explain everything you need to know about the General Skilled Migration Program in Australia.
To begin with, it is crucial that you understand the various types of migration visas available in Australia:
There are two pathways within the Australian Skilled Migration Program:
Employer Visas
Also called sponsorship visas, this pathway requires you to secure a job offer in a position relevant to your background in Australia, before you can apply for a visa.
There are two temporary visas under this stream:
And one permanent visa:
When people talk about Skilled Migration in Australia, they usually refer to the General Skilled Migration Visas, also known as the “points tested visas”. There are also three visas in this program:
The permanent ones are:
And the temporary:
First, you need to identify what occupation you fall under, according to the Australian Immigration definition, and in which list this occupation is. There are different lists for each of the visas listed above, and it is important to make sure you find your occupation in the list that corresponds to the visa for which you plan to apply.
If your occupation is not on any of the lists for the three visas, that means you cannot apply for a General Skilled Migration Visa.
We know that this seems a bit complicated (and sometimes it is, indeed), but this is why we strongly recommend you to work with a registered and experienced Migration Agent like us at Bravo Migration. Only professionals who have worked on more than 7000 cases like us can identify small details and legal nuances and advise which visa and migration pathway is the most effective for your case.
The second step to getting the PR in Australia is to find if you would obtain a positive Skills Assessment (also known as your “career validation or recognition”) with the organization that assesses your occupation.
Each occupation has its own Skills Assessment Authority. For example:
And each Authority has its own requirements to approve your skills assessment, such as work experience, qualification, a certain level of English and so on. So it is crucial that you get familiar with the skills assessment authority for your occupation and what they require before you even start planning to apply for a visa and spend time and money on this project.
The three Skilled Migration Visas we mentioned (189, 190 and 491) are points tested visas, which means that you will need to meet some criteria and receive points for each category. This is a way for the Department of Home Affairs to determine who has the skills and attributes they are looking for and make a selection.
The minimum points that will allow you to submit an Expression of Interest for one of those three visas is 65. The points are allocated in the following categories:
Anyone looking for a PR in Australia and applying for any of these visas must show evidence of at least Competent English, which means 6 in each test component. The way to do that is by sitting for an English test. Australian immigration accepts IELTS, Cambridge, TOEFL and PTE. If you are from the UK, US, Canada, Ireland or New Zealand you are deemed to have Competent English and won’t need to undergo a test.
We have another blog post explaining all about English tests; you can check it out here.
If you need more than the minimum 65 points to be invited by SkillSelect, a way to achieve this is by bumping up your English score: if you take 7 in each component of the IELTS, you will receive 10 points; for a score of 8, 20 points.
Even if you qualify, you can’t just apply for a visa in Australia. You have to be invited by the Government first, be it an Independent 189 visa or a regional 190 or 491 visa – which will involve states and territories as well.
The way to get invited is via submitting an Expression of interest via SkillSelect: a system that selects people automatically, based on the points test ranking. This is why you might need to aim for a higher score than the minimum of 65 if you are seeking a 189 visa, as the competition is very high.
Once you receive an invitation from SkillSelect, the next step to getting a permanent visa in Australia is preparing and lodging a visa application. That’s the time to show evidence of everything you claimed at the points test stage and Expression of Interest.
If you want to Migrate to Australia, the best decision you can make is to work with a Registered Migration Agent, and we would be happy if you chose Bravo Migration for that. We have worked on over 7,000 visa applications throughout our almost 14 years of experience.
In case you want to learn more, in this video, we explain how to get Australian PR in 2022 in much more detail.
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